Politics

ADC Accuses Tinubu Govt of Plotting To Weaken Opposition Coalition

ByTitilope Adako

PublishedJuly 7, 2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is secretly working to destabilise the emerging opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.

In a statement issued on Monday, July 7, by the party’s Interim National Publicity Secretary and National Coalition Spokesperson, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC claimed that some of its former state chairmen and executives from the North East and North West were recently invited to a closed-door meeting with senior government officials.

“We have credible intelligence that the aim of this meeting is not for national security or peacebuilding. It is to intimidate, coerce, and if possible, co-opt these individuals into a fabricated scheme against the opposition coalition. This is not politics. This is sabotage,” the statement said.

The party said the move was designed to cause internal division within the ADC, discredit its leadership, and weaken its influence as part of a broader opposition alliance.

“Let it be clear, this surreptitious dalliance with the ADC State Chairpersons by appointees of the federal government… is a coordinated assault on multiparty democracy. This is how one-party states are born—through intimidation.”

The party linked the alleged plot to recent developments, including the July 1 Coalition Declaration and the July 2 unveiling of the ADC as the new platform for the opposition.

“The Tinubu administration—having lost the trust of the Nigerian people—cannot withstand the pressure of a united and credible opposition. But rather than correct its ways, it has resorted to its old playbook of destabilising opposition parties,” the statement added.

The ADC urged President Tinubu to rein in those involved in the alleged plot.

“The president needs to prove to Nigerians that he is indeed a democrat. He needs to remind his men that if the Goodluck Jonathan administration were as intolerant and as subversive of the opposition, the APC would not have come to power in 2015 and he would not have been a President today,” Abdullahi warned.

The party vowed to resist any attempt to suppress the democratic space and reaffirmed its commitment to building a strong and inclusive opposition ahead of 2027.

Titilope Adako

Titilope Adako is a talented and intrepid journalist, dedicated to shedding light on the untold stories of Osun State and Nigeria. Through incisive reporting, she tackles a broad spectrum of topics, from politics and social justice to culture and entertainment, with a commitment to accuracy, empathy, and inspiring positive change.